PATHWAY CAFE AND SUPPORT CENTRE
Eat in at Pathway
Our cafe and support centre has supported the local community for over 7 years, originally a parish mission to feed those in need by local churches, we are now a registered independent charity.
The original and ongoing service we offer our local community, is our Pathway café and support centre, where anyone can visit our Minster Mission base without appointment or referral on every Monday and Friday at 11.45am for a midday communal meal. What we offer all our visitors is a hearty nutritious meal, along with soup to start, dessert and refreshments. We also offer takeaway hot meals to those we decide they would rather not eat in. Alongside the meal, we have regular pastoral support for anyone and often have external agencies and partnership chatirities in house to work with clients who require their services.On their first visit to us, we ask our clients for their contact details to register them and subsequently we record their name on each attendance so we can understand the frequency of their need and have a record of meals served for fundraising purposes. All data collected is kept in line with GDPR and our data protection policies.
Every Wednesday we are open 10am - 12 noon for hot brunch and activities. This is an opportunity for a more relaxed atmosphere, around enjoying food, socialising and learning new skills. As with our meal provision, this service is open to all.We are fortunate to receive much-appreciated donations of surplus food and other products from local retailers and supermarkets. This food and drink is mostly close to ‘best-before’ dates and which the donor businesses wish to see put to wholesome, sustainable use, rather than destined for wasteful landfill. We are also a regular drop-off point for FareShare, the national food redistribution charity, which provides us with bulk catering ingredients for our café meals.
If you or someone you know would enjoy a visit to our free cafe and support centre, our doors open to all at 11.45 Mondays and Fridays (please note public holidays can affect opening times).